Maximizing the Value of an EPM

Investment with ERPi, FDM & EPMAInvestment with ERPi, FDM & EPMA

Tony Scalese

Edgewater Ranzal

www.ranzal.com

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Who Is Tony Scalese

� Over 10 years Experience with Data Integration and Financial Planning & Consolidation on the Hyperion suite of products

� Established many innovative FDM design, customization and automation concepts that have evolved into standard and automation concepts that have evolved into standard Industry-wide practices.

� Certified HFM Consultant - System 9 & Fusion 11

� Present at Oracle conferences, Ranzal webcasts and post on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and blog on www.FDMGuru.com

� B.A. Economics, Allegheny College; MBA Candidate, Babson College

Agenda

Level Setting What is FDM?

What is ERPi?

What is EPMA?

Basic Terminology

Solution Overview

In Closing

Client & Project Overview

FDM, ERPi & EPMA Working Together

Next Steps

Resources

Financial Data Quality Management is…

� …the premier end user data transformation tool to load data to Oracle EPM applications including:● HFM● HFM

● Essbase (Planning)

● HSF

● Hyperion Enterprise

� …a centralized data management solution

� …AWESOME ☺

Key Benefits of FDM

� End user friendly web interface that provides directed workflow

� Flexibility

Drill down & drill through capabilities for data � Drill down & drill through capabilities for data investigation

� Organization wide process monitoring

� Extensive automation capabilities using built in batch loader

� Open architecture product

ERP Integrator is…

� …a new module of FDM that allows data andmetadata to be sourced from Oracle ERP systems:● Oracle eBusiness Suite (eBS)

● PeopleSoft G/L● PeopleSoft G/L

● PeopleSoft HR

� …used to drill to source level transactional data in the ERP system directly from EPM applications

� …capable of writing budget data to the ERP from an Essbase (BSO & ASO) or Planning application

� …continuing to evolve

� …the future of data integration

ERPi Key Benefits

� Direct integration to ERP systems

� Drill through capabilities

� Budget write back capabilities

Integration with EPM Workspace� Integration with EPM Workspace

� Leverages ODI

� ASO loading capabilities

� Flexibility● Integration with FDM

● Direct Usage

Enterprise Performance Management Architect is…

� …a web based metadata management tool

for Oracle EPM applications

● HFM

● Essbase

● Planning

� …valuable in multi-product as well as single

product implementations

� …continuing to improve and be enhanced

EPMA Key Benefits

� Centralized, web based, multi-user tool

� Logging capabilities

� Metadata comparison & synchronization� Metadata comparison & synchronization

� Data Synchronization

� Lights out Automation

� Complimentary Technologies:

● Calc Manager

● Life Cycle Manager (LCM)

Key Terms

� eBS: Oracle eBusiness Suite, ERP System

� Set of Books: The 3 Cs – Chart of Accounts,

Currency & Calendar; a collection of Currency & Calendar; a collection of

company codes rolls up to a SoB

� Accounting Flex Field: Chart of account

string that comprises each of the

segments/dimensions in eBS

● Ex: Company.Account.ICP.Product

Agenda

Level Setting What is FDM?

What is ERPi?

What is EPMA?

Basic Terminology

Solution Overview

In Closing

Client & Project Overview

FDM, ERPi & EPMA Working Together

Next Steps

Resources

Client Profile

� Preeminent financial services firm with global operations

� Provides manages a large family of mutual funds, provides fund distribution and investment advice services, as well as providing discount funds, provides fund distribution and investment advice services, as well as providing discount brokerage services, retirement services, wealth management, securities execution and clearance, life insurance and a number of other services

� Existing EPM client with a large Essbase footprint

High Level Project Overview

� Heavy user of Oracle eBusiness Suite &

Essbase

� Previously attempted to implement Oracle � Previously attempted to implement Oracle

Financials Accounting Hub (FAH)

� Looking to implement 11.1.1.3 for:

● 64 bit HFM (EPMA)

● FDM & ERPi

● Financial Reports

System Architecture

Project “Opportunities”

� Ledger data inconsistencies

� Multiple fiscal calendars

● Varying Period 13 ● Varying Period 13

� Extraordinary metadata volumes (Custom1 –

10k members, Custom2 – 20k members)

� Very large data volumes….more on this later

� Nightly data load automation

� Metadata automation

Integrating ERPi with FDM

� An ERPi source system adaptor enables

FDM to initialize the ERPi data movement

process

� The adaptor controls the execution of the

data load rule developed for each set of

books

Project Goals

� Ensure data quality

� Fully automate the data load from eBS to

HFM nightly throughout the close cycleHFM nightly throughout the close cycle

� Enable drill through to transactional level

detail

� Automate the refresh of HFM metadata

Ensuring Data Quality

� How do we know we are capturing all the data?● New sets of books

● Does ERPi have the set of books ● Does ERPi have the set of books

● Does a data load location exist

� Has all data been properly loaded● Data within the set of books

● Is data for a company on the right set of books

● Is data not being overwritten when it should not be

● Has the process cleared “orphan” data

Verifying Metadata

� eBS contains a list of each set of books; ERPi database contains the same list of sets of books

� A process was created to perform a differential between the 2 databasesbetween the 2 databases

� Instances of sets of books in the eBS database not found in the ERPi database are flagged as requiring the source system to be re-initialized

� Second validation was performed to determine if the sets of books that are active in ERPi have a corresponding FDM data load location

Associating Data with a SoB

� Certain transactions while booked to the correct company are booked on the wrong set of books

� A custom process was implemented to retrieve the “official” company to SoB relationshipthe “official” company to SoB relationship

� When data is processed through FDM, data is checked to ensure that the company to SoBrelationship is correct● Invalid records are conditionally ignored and not

loaded to HFM

● A custom report retrieves each of the company records that are not valid for a given SoB

Smart Replace

� There are instances when an errant G/L posting occurs that populates an otherwise not used company

� This data persists even following correction in the � This data persists even following correction in the G/L if no additional data is booked to that company –even when reloading in Replace mode● This is native HFM functionality

� Smart Replace is used to clear entities which were part of the previous data load but are no longer part of the current data load*

* Want to learn more – tomorrow at 8:30 in 101B

Data Protection

� Year end adjustment data is booked to an eBS period 13 member – the reporting period to which this adjustment applies varies yearly

� HFM application contains 12 base periods� HFM application contains 12 base periods

� The HFM custom4 is Data Type

� FDM’s data protection is used to enable data to be loaded to the same base period but different custom4 members – CorporateGL & CorporateP13

Validating Totals

� eBS maintains strict standards for account

member names; 1 = Assets, 2 = Liabilities &

Equity

� Logic groups are used to sum up base data

and compare against HFM parent level

accounts

Data Load Automation

� FDM is used as the data transformation tool due to complex mapping logic as well as the need for data protection

� The Batch Loader functionality of FDM is used in � The Batch Loader functionality of FDM is used in conjunction with the ERPi source adaptor for FDM to automate the load of data from eBS to HFM

� Detailed email status reports are sent to end users and administrators to provide a status of the automated data load process

Sample Status Email

Drill Through Overview

� FDM using ERPi loads data from Oracle

eBusiness Suite to HFM

� HFM drills back to FDM� HFM drills back to FDM

� FDM drills to ERPi landing page

� ERPi landing page drills to eBS

� eBS navigation takes over and allows

investigation down to journal details

FDM Data Load

Drill Through From HFM

Drill from HFM

Drill from Target to Source

ERPi Landing Page

eBS Account Analysis

Journal Detail

EPMA Integration

� Client has a robust home grown metadata management solution● Houses hierarchies for all financial systems

including eBS & Essbaseincluding eBS & Essbase

� Select dimensions & dimensionality only exists in HFM● Statistical accounts

� HFM application needs to be refreshed nightly before data loads

Metadata Integration

� EPMA Batch client is used to execute an update of the dimensions within the EPMA application using .ads format● Entity ● Account● Account● C1● C2

� Runs nightly with updates from client metadata management system

� HFM application is automatically deployed following EPMA refresh

� Process is initialized from FDM!

How It All Integrates

� Metadata update process executes to ensure HFM has latest metadata; prevents data load failure

� ERPi metadata verification process is executued

� JAVA web service executes the metadata rule in ERPiERPi

� Company to Set of Books relationship is updated from eBS

� Data is loaded from eBS to HFM

� HFM is consolidated after all data loads are completed

� Status email is sent to end users & administrators

Agenda

Level Setting What is FDM?

What is ERPi?

What is EPMA?

Basic Terminology

Solution Overview

In Closing

Client & Project Overview

FDM, ERPi & EPMA Working Together

Next Steps

Resources

What’s Next

� Upgrade to at least 11.1.2.1

● ERPi uses database links to transfer data from eBS to

ERPi and then to FDM

● Data extract no longer extracts unneeded zeros● Data extract no longer extracts unneeded zeros

● Metadata rule is not required to run before data rule

● Multiple ERPi adaptors are no longer needed

� Upgrade HFM when unlimited customs become available

� Redesign HFM for new eBS Chart of Accounts

Resources

� Oracle Support● http://support.oracle.com

� Oracle Knowledge Base● http://support.oracle.com � Click Knowledge � Middleware

� Enterprise Performance Management � Financial Data � Enterprise Performance Management � Financial Data Quality Management

� Oracle Technology Network (OTN)● http://forums.oracle.com

� My Blog● http://www.fdmguru.com

� Ranzal & Associates● http://www.ranzal.com

Questions

Tony Scaleseascalese@ranzal.comwww.ranzal.com

Other Ranzal Presentations

Calculation Manager: The New and Improved Application to Create Hyperion Planning Business Rules – Monday, 11:15 am, Room 102C

Security and Auditing in HFM – Tuesday, 4:30pm, 101B

Best Practices for Using DRM with EPMA – Wednesday, 8:30am, 103A

Getting Started with Calc Manager for HFM – Wednesday, 8:30am, 101B

Advanced Topics in Calc Manager for HFM – Wednesday, 9:45am, 101B

Maximizing the Value of an EPM Investment with ERPi, FDM & EPMA – Wednesday, 11:15am, 101B

Taking your FDM application to the next level with Advanced Scripting – Thursday, 8:30am, 101B

IFRS reporting within Hyperion Financial Management – Thursday, 10:30am, 101B